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Become a Tax Preparer - 60 Hour
45 Hours Federal 15 Hours California

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A CTEC registered tax preparer is regulated pursuant to the CA Business & Professions Code.

TaxEase provides a 60 hour course which meets the requirement for a New Preparer. This
course consists of 19 chapters with a set of questions following each chapter. The text consists
of general information required to complete tax returns and become employed as a Professional
Tax Preparer. All answers to the questions are found in our material.

We recommend several IRS and FTB Publications to accompany the course. These publications
can be ordered or are available for download from the IRS and FTB website. Familiarizing
yourself with these publications is an important component to a successful business.

There is a total of 600 questions in this course, successful completion is 70%. Upon successful
completion of this course, TaxEase will notify CTEC of your completion, issue you a "Certificate
of Professional Completion" and send you a New Preparer Application for CTEC. Your
application must include a check for $25 made payable to CTEC.

A $5,000 bond is required. Prices of the bond vary between the surety and
insurance companies
offering this service.